VMRO-DPMNE Dominates in the First Round
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Only one woman was elected mayor in the first round of the 2025 local elections – Beti Stamenkoska Trajkoska from OBRM-PDUKM, who will lead the Municipality of Kisela Voda. In addition to her, three other candidates advanced to the second round: Marija Naceva (OBRM-PDUKM) in Negotino, Natalia Dimitrieva (OBRM-PDUKM) in Demir Kapi and Sonja Stamenkova (LSDM) in Makedonska Kamenica. A total of 309 candidates for mayor ran in these elections, of wh…
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The Prime Minister of North Macedonia and leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski announced tonight that his party won more than 30 municipalities in the first round of local elections.
In Skopje, VMRO DPMNE candidate Orce Đorđievski and Amar Mecinović from the opposition Left will face off in the second round.
VMRO-DPMNE dominates in the first round
The first round of local elections in North Macedonia on Sunday confirmed VMRO-DPMNE as the strongest party in the country. Out of 80 municipalities, VMRO-DPMNE won 32 mayoralties outright, while the opposition Social Democratic Party of Macedonia (SDSM) won in only three. Coalition of Albanian parties Vlen, which is a junior governing partner of VMRO, won five mayoralties, while the opposition National Alliance for Integration, gathered around …
The right-wing ruling VMRO-DPMNE party of Prime Minister Hristian Mickoski won a landslide victory in the first round of municipal elections held yesterday, Sunday (19/10) in North Macedonia. More...
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